The Wildlife News

October 2008

  • Bush pushes "road map to ruin" for Utah's public lands at end of Administration

    Ralph Maughan

    Eighty per cent of Utah’s scenic BLM lands opened at last minute to drilling- Bush administration rushing to open Utah lands to energy development. By Patty Henetz. The Salt Lake Tribune. Bush Administration Christmas Gift to Oil Companies Will Be Announced on Election Day. Sale of Pristine Wilderness Slated to Happen Six Days Before Christmas.…

  • Kempthorne announces federal bison initiative

    Ralph Maughan

    This is a surprise, for sure. What does it mean? Kempthorne announces federal bison initiative. By Cory Hatch. Jackson Hole News and Guide. It seems to me that on the basis of what JB and others have commented here, that this plan (assuming it to be real) could withstand a petition for putting the bison…

  • On the the new wolf delisting scheme

    Ralph Maughan

    Wyoming is the biggest thorn in the delisters side- As folks pretty much all know, the Bush Administration, mostly likely at the initiative of Secretary Kempthone and cronies, is trying for one last quick stab at delisting the wolf before a new President replaces them. If folks work hard, they will probably be defeated again;…

  • Feds Hounding Rocky Mountain Wolves

    Ralph Maughan

    Backpacker Magazine. Feds Hounding Rocky Mountain Wolves- The sad truth is the agency (USFWS) that reintroduced the wolves to Idaho and Wyoming has now become their enemy. Only an election victory can alter this, IMO. Feds Hounding Rocky Mountain Wolves. From Backpacker Magazine’s Daily Dirt.

  • Global Warming Is Killing Frogs And Salamanders In Yellowstone Park, Researchers Say

    Ralph Maughan

    Disappearance of ponds in Yellowstone lead to great loss of frogs and salamanders in Yellowstone- I guess we would call them “old-timers” now — folks like myself — but I remember there used to be many more ponds on the Northern Range of the Park. From the road the loss is especially apparent near Junction…

  • How did moose get CWD? Star Valley deer, elk likely have the disease as well.

    Ralph Maughan

    Damn!! In the Greater Yellowstone and on the Idaho border- How did moose get CWD? Star Valley deer, elk likely have the disease as well. By Cory Hatch, Jackson Hole News and Guide. Maybe Idaho should sue Wyoming for wildlife malpractice?

  • Two grizzly bear cubs shot in NW Wyoming

    Ralph Maughan

    More grizzly bear deaths. Mortality quota exceeded for male and female bears in Greater Yellowstone- States can’t manage grizzlies and they should be relisted- Two grizzly bear cubs shot in NW Wyoming. AP. Oct. 27 The brief article doesn’t mention the ESA implications, but my earlier post certainly leads to the conclusion that both male…

  • The Story of Bob the Rancher

    Brian Ertz

    George Wuerthner asks:  Is Ranching Sustainable ?  (As featured on Red State Rebels) In case you didn’t guess; it’s a rhetorical question.  The article also appears in Western Watersheds Project’s Fall ’08 Watersheds Messenger be

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Edward Abbey

“The continued existence of wildlife and wilderness is important to the quality of life of humans.”

Jim Fowler

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